⚓️MaRiO⚓️(@1SafetyFirst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Days gone by..:
The explorer died onboard his ship the , while it was docked at the remote Antarctic island of South Georgia.
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(Archive new footage of the departing )

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Nuke F3 Bham(@ajnevins) 's Twitter Profile Photo

18 HIM showed up @F3Paine for some rock work including a rock-tanamo, Guantanamo, Johnny cash; then Bear-bear-indian and a circle merk!👀 1 Samuel 14. How will the Lord use you today and who will you lead to victory! F3Birmingham

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BRITISH History - On This Day(@BritishHistorym) 's Twitter Profile Photo

9 January 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

#otd 9 January 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.

#ernestshackleton #britishhistory #unionjack #southpole
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Tom Crean Discovery(@SouthPoleTom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Endurance lies on the floor of the Weddell Sea, not as a ghost, or wreck, or relic, but the catalyst to the greatest survival story in the history of exploration.
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Endurance lies on the floor of the Weddell Sea, not as a ghost, or wreck, or relic, but the catalyst to the greatest survival story in the history of exploration.
#Endurance #Endurance22 #ErnestShackleton
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BRITISH History - On This Day(@BritishHistorym) 's Twitter Profile Photo

24 April 1916 – Ernest Shackleton & five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.

#otd 24 April 1916 – Ernest Shackleton & five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.

#ErnestShackleton #Britishhistory #history
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ThruDark(@ThruDark) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“I chose life over death for myself and my friends.... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all”
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The Tom Crean Story(@HonourTomCrean) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remembering the man affectionately know as 'The Boss' by the crew members of expeditions he led, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, sat centre here between Frank Worsley, left and Tom Crean.
Born this day, February 15th, 1874

Remembering the man affectionately know as 'The Boss' by the crew members of expeditions he led, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, sat centre here between Frank Worsley, left and Tom Crean.
Born this day, February 15th, 1874
#ErnestShackleton #TomCrean
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Tom Sharpe(@tomsharperocks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

in 1922 explorer died on board his ship, Quest, at Grytviken on on his way to . He is buried in the whaler's cemetery there, his headstone, unveiled in 1928, of Aberdeenshire Kemnay Granite.

#OTD in 1922 explorer #ErnestShackleton died on board his ship, Quest, at Grytviken on #SouthGeorgia on his way to #Antarctica. He is buried in the whaler's cemetery there, his headstone, unveiled in 1928, of Aberdeenshire Kemnay Granite. #Shackleton #geology #scottishgranite
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SRF News(@srfnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Es ist ein spektakulärer Fund: In der haben Wissenschaftler in 3000 Meter Tiefe ein Schiff lokalisiert, das vor über 100 Jahren untergegangen ist.

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The Tom Crean Story(@HonourTomCrean) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“When anyone fell through the ice we pulled him out again. I was rather concerned for the first man who fell in and gave him rum to bring him round. Then eight men fell through the ice in quick succession. I gave the ninth man cocoa and the accidents ceased.”

“When anyone fell through the ice we pulled him out again. I was rather concerned for the first man who fell in and gave him rum to bring him round. Then eight men fell through the ice in quick succession. I gave the ninth man cocoa and the accidents ceased.” 
#ErnestShackleton
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The Explorers Club(@ExplorersClub) 's Twitter Profile Photo

in 1914, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. The expedition was conceived by Sir , and it is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

#OTD in 1914, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. The expedition was conceived by Sir #ErnestShackleton, and it is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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Gilbert White's House & Gardens(@GilbertWhites) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have been enjoying seeing all the Tweets today on the 100th anniversary of his death at South Georgia.
We are very lucky to be one of few that have a copy of the Aurora Australis in our collection. Written and produced during the Nimrod expedition.

We have been enjoying seeing all the #ErnestShackleton Tweets today on the 100th anniversary of his death at South Georgia. 
We are very lucky to be one of few that have a copy of the Aurora Australis in our collection. Written and produced during the Nimrod expedition.
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